Bird AlbumCanada · Quebec
Observatoire d'oiseaux McGill
221 species and 142,276 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arboretum Morgan1 km198 species
- PN du Cap-St-Jacques4 km212 species
- PN du Bois-de-l'île-Bizard10 km217 species
- RF Marguerite-D'Youville15 km240 species
- Technoparc Mtl – Site général15 km211 species
- Boisé Ste-Dorothée15 km194 species
All 221 species recorded here
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Observatoire d'oiseaux McGill?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Observatoire d'oiseaux McGill?
221 species, from 142,276 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Observatoire d'oiseaux McGill in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Canada Goose and Northern Cardinal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.